Purdue Sweeps Notre Dame

Six races were won by the Notre Dame women’s swimming and diving team Friday at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center but the Irish were ousted by host Purdue, 121-179. Both Samantha Maxwell and Katie Casey shelved a pair of individual victories for Notre Dame.

The Irish (0-2) return to the pool Nov. 20-22 at Indiana’s Hoosierland Invite.

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400 Medley Relay: Notre Dame earned first-place points behind the efforts of Kim Holden, Samantha Maxwell, Katie Casey and Amywren Miller … they finished in 3:45.86.

1,000 Free: Gracie Fredlake (10:17.38) was second with Jaime Malandra (10:18.27) touching third … fourth-place went to Ashlee Edgell (10:20.60).

200 Free: Megan Farrell (1:51.99), who placed fourth, was Notre Dame’s highest finisher.

100 Back: Holden (56.78) was second and Keri Masterson (59.50) took fourth.

100 Breast: Maxwell flexed over the field and took the gold in 1:02.72.

200 Fly: The Irish won their second straight race as Casey outlasted the field in 2:02.70.

50 Free: Miller (23.37) was second as Lauren Scott (24.07) wrapped up the race in fourth.

100 Free: Miller followed up with a third-place showing in 51.67.

200 Back: Holden surged ahead of the competition and finished first in 2:01.80 … Farrell (2:05.71) was third.

200 Breast: Maxwell’s second individual win was posted after going 2:18.48 … Edgell (2:24.25) placed third.

500 Free: Fredlake (5:02.30) and Malandra (5:04.99) finished second and third, respectively.

100 Fly: Casey added another feather to her cap after taking first in 56.12 … Scott (56.66) earned the bronze.

200 Individual Medley: Farrell led the Irish with a second-place showing in 2:07.17 … behind her were teammates Emily Barton (2:08.84) and Zeina Shanata (2:10.20).

400 Free Relay: Amy Prestinario, Scott, Holden and Miller held on for a second-place performance in 3:30.02.

1-meter Diving: Heidi Grossman (271.13) scored third-place points for the Irish.

3-meter Diving: Grossman (283.20) and Jenny Chiang (267.60) finished in the third and fourth spots, respectively.



John Lytle and Petar Petrovic both earned a pair of first-place finishes but the Notre Dame men’s swimming and diving team fell by a 105-195 margin to Purdue at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center on Friday.

Notre Dame (3-1) hits the water again in one week with a dual meet at Pittsburgh (Nov. 13). The meet begins at 4:30 p.m. (ET).

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400 Medley Relay: Notre Dame’s ‘B’ squad was third in 1:33.82 … that group consisted of Kevin Overholt, Bill Bass, MacKenzie LeBlanc and Joshua Nosal.

1,650 Free: Michael Sullivan (15:57.87) was fourth overall.

200 Free: John Lytle took first in 1:40.32 while Andrew Hoffman (1:41.34) was fourth.

100 Back: Petrovic won the first of his two races in 50.33.

100 Breast: Notre Dame’s highest finisher was Christopher Johnson, who was third in 57.57.

200 Fly: LeBlanc (1:51.72) was second, just one spot ahead of Wesley Mullins (1:54.30).

50 Free: Overholt (21.09) was third while Nosal earned points with a six-place finish in 21.63.

100 Free: Lytle’s second win came in 45.75 … Hoffman was two spots behind after going 46.60.

200 Back: Petrovic touched first in 1:51.27 … Sullivan was a close second in 1:51.40.

200 Breast: P.J. Koppel was third with a 2:09.01.

500 Free: Ryan Belecanech paced the Irish with a fourth-place showing in 4:42.54.

100 Fly: LeBlanc (50.94) was fifth and Bass (51.52) was sixth overall.

400 Individual Medley: Sullivan (4:03.84) was second in the final individual race of the night.

200 Free Relay: The relay squad of Lytle, Overholt, Nosal and Hoffman brought home the gold in 1:22.98.

1-meter Diving: Caleb Dunnichay was the highest finishing Irish diver … he was third with 310.58 points.

3-meter Diving: A fifth-place showing by Dunnichay (303.68) was Notre Dame’s best in the event.